Ever wonder what it would be like to fly through Mars’ grand canyon?

Mars Express, a satellite that arrived in orbit around Mars nearly a decade ago, has the ability to image the surface of the planet at a resolution of 2 meters per pixel.

This high resolution camera has provided a trove of images, and now German scientists have stitched some of them together to provide an unprecedented view of the largest canyon on Mars, Valles Marineris.

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Valles Marineris, in fact, dwarfs the grand canyon on Earth. At 2,500 miles long, 125 miles wide and 6 miles deep, it is the largest canyon in the entire solar system.

The movie above takes us through the Hebes Chasma, the northernmost part of the canyon.

This formation is probably linked to the nearby volcanic Tharsis region, the Olympus Mons volcano is located. As you may have guessed, the Valles Marineris is named after NASA’s Mariner 9 Mars orbiter, of 1971–72, which discovered it.